CABINET MINISTER LETTERS

LETTER FROM CHANCELLOR GEORGE OSBORNE

Dear Tim

I’ve known you for fifteen years and know you to be a politician of principle, and a powerful voice for your constituents. You have a deep understanding of the countryside and farming. Most recently I saw first hand how you campaigned successfully to stop the tolling of the A14.

We need people like you in Parliament. Experienced, conscientious, thoughtful, loyal and steady under fire. It would be a real loss to the House of Commons if you were forced to stand down when you still have so much to contribute. The Conservative Party at Westminster would be weaker without you.

I hope therefore that the members of the South Suffolk Conservative

Association will vote to keep you as their candidate for the 2015 General Election.

Yours

George

LETTER FROM EDUCATION SECRETARY MICHAEL GOVE

Tim is a highly respected and immensely experienced Member of Parliament.

In the time that I have known him his work, firstly as a member of the Shadow

Cabinet and latterly as the Chair of two Select Committees, has been

extremely valuable.

I particularly appreciated working with him to achieve the establishment of the

Stour Valley Community School which was one of the first wave of free

schools set up after the 2010 election. Tim worked tirelessly to achieve this for

the benefit of his constituents and to help the roll-out of one of our flagship

programmes.

I would be very sorry if Tim had to leave the House prematurely. I hope,

therefore, that the South Suffolk Conservative Association will vote to keep him

as their candidate for the 2015 General Election.

With every good wish,

Michael

Chancellor George Osborne and education secretary Michael Gove have written letters of support to the Tory veteran, who has used his right to call a ballot of party members in his constituency after the executive decided at the end of November not to re-adopt him to fight the safe Tory seat.

In his letter Mr Osborne described Mr Yeo, who has been the MP for South Suffolk since 1983. as a “politician of principle”, who has “a deep understanding of the countryside and farming”.

It comes just days after the other Suffolk MPs co-signed a letter, drafted by Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP and health minister Dr Dan Poulter, supporting Mr Yeo.

He said: “We need people like you in parliament. Experienced, conscientious, thoughtful, loyal and steady under fire. It would be a real loss to the House of Commons if you were forced to stand down when you still have so much to contribute. The Conservative Party at Westminster would be weaker without you.”

The education secretary said he would be “very sorry” if Mr Yeo had to leave the House of Commons “prematurely”.

He said: “Tim is a highly respected and immensely experienced member of parliament. In the time that I have known him his work, firstly as a member of the shadow cabinet and latterly as the chair of two select committees, has been extremely valuable.”

The champion of the new free school policy singled out the campaign for the Stour Valley Community School, one of the first wave of free schools set up after the 2010 election, which he said Mr Yeo had “worked tirelessly to achieve”.

The ballot of South Suffolk Tory party members opens on January 20, and the result will be declared by national officials of the party on February 3.

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"A Polititician of Principle" ?, then they really do not understand the meaning of the word !, in this very paper he said that the "fragmentation of the railways was Labour's fault" !!, he was in thatcher's government when the railways were privatised !

Birds of a feather.......amazing short memories some people have. This guy's reputation rivalled that of "Shagger Norris" at one time, plus questions around so-called "impartiality" in the Energy arena. Yet he expects peoples vindication to safeguard his extra-curricular activity (and income). No shame...

Personally being a 40 plus year voter of Tory, I am awaiting the next general election, when my vote will not be Tory, Labour or Libdems, as they have ruined this once great country, their only interest is Europe, not the people of this country, we have no work for 2.3 million of our own, and our school leavers, and they still allowing Europe to send hundred of thousands of their unemployed migrants here, why.
what has happened to their human rights to that promised referendum, it should be the people decision what they want for our country, not just 650 MPs to make the decision for the 63 million people of this country, come on Mr Cameron, keep your promise before its to late, to which you know, 2017 will be too late.